GRID Savings Act of 2026

Key Points

• The bill applies to very large new electricity users, like data centers or factories, that need at least 150 megawatts of power at one site, roughly enough to power 120,000 homes.
• These large users must pay 100 percent of the costs for the dedicated equipment connecting them to the grid, so the costs are not spread onto regular households through higher electric rates.
• Companies must also provide financial security, like a deposit or guarantee, so that if a large project is canceled midway, other customers are not left covering the unrecovered costs.
• FERC has one year after the bill becomes law to write a final rule setting nationwide standards for how these large loads connect to the transmission system.
• Texas is excluded from these rules because its ERCOT grid operates independently of the rest of the country's interstate transmission system.

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